Round and round the cobbler's bench the monkey chased the weasel
The monkey thought 'twas all in fun
POP! goes the weasel!


A penny for a spool of thread, a penny for a needle
That’s the way the money goes
POP! goes the weasel!

A half a pound of tuppenny rice, a half a pound of treacle
Mix it up and make it nice
POP! goes the weasel!

Up and down the London Road and in and out of The Eagle
That’s the way the money goes
POP! goes the weasel!

I went to the grocery store, I thought a little cheese’ll
Be good to catch a mouse on the floor
POP! goes the weasel!

But the mouse was very bright, he wasn’t a mouse to wheedle
He took the cheese and said goodnight!
POP! goes the weasel!

A painter would his lover to paint, he stood before the easel
The monkey jumped all over the paint!
POP! goes the weasel!

When his sweetheart she did laugh his temper got so lethal
He tore the painting up in half!
POP! goes the weasel!

Every night when I go out the monkey’s on the table
Take a stick and knock it off!
POP! goes the weasel!

Put some pepper on his nose and you’ll make him sneezle
Catch it fast before it snaps
POP! goes the weasel!

Round and round the cobbler's bench the monkey chased the weasel
The monkey thought twas all in fun
POP! goes the weasel!

I’ve no time to wait and sigh, I’ve got no time to teasle
Kiss me quick, I’m off, goodbye!
POP! goes the weasel!